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Dietary beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl butyrate supplementation improves meat quality of Bama Xiang mini-pigs through manipulation of muscle fiber characteristics
- Source :
- Journal of Functional Foods, Vol 88, Iss, Pp 104885-(2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2022.
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Abstract
- To analyse the effects of dietary beta-hydroxy-beta-methyl butyrate (HMB) on meat quality, 32 Bama Xiang mini-pigs was selected and fed 1 of 4 diets for 60 days: HMB deficient group (0%, control), low, moderate, and high levels of HMB group (0.13%, 0.64%, 1.28%, respectively). We found quadratic effects for backfat thickness and lean percentage (P
Details
- ISSN :
- 17564646
- Volume :
- 88
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Functional Foods
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....75d12523b7ea443cb53425680f41f81d